navigation or for entertainment. There are two pieces important characteristic in location-based information; location services and maps. Location services are
provided by the CoreLocation framework, which defines Objective C interfaces for obtaining about the user‟s location and direction while maps are provided by MAP Kit
or Google Map, which support both the display and annotation of maps similar to those found in the Maps app Apple 2014.
You can orient users to the surrounding of the environment and keep connect with people nearby by incorporating geographic data into the application. The
location-based application can improve the quality of the information that we offer by knowing the user‟s geographic location where apps with navigation features use
location services to monitor the user‟s position and generate updates. Besides that, app
that uses location services also enables social connections among nearby users. A location-based app can receive coordinates and use the coordinates to provide point-
to-point direction to users as examples direction to drive and walk Parida 2013. The app can support several other modes of transport, including taxi, airplane and various
public transportation options. With location-based information app, users can find location based on descriptive information, such as name, address or business type by
implementing Search API on Map and it will show the results on Map.
1.3 PROBLEM STATEMENT
Nowadays, the need of location information has essentially become a part in our live especially reach to unknown destination. People want to know the destination
location; the route they are taking and the time needed to arrive to the destination to prevent loss of time and unwanted waiting for unnecessary events. So, they depends
on location-aware services offered in mobile application thus the location-aware services are very important that must provide route and traveling time information,
basic information such as information about surrounding area of the destination, weather forecast, currency converter, etc. The location-aware services with
Geocoding transmission have been the focus of many researchers lately and several studies have been done in this area. Some researcher has proved in their study that
GPS could be used in many applications and it is possible to follow routes and
location driven a vehicle by means of GPS Verm Bhatia 2013. El-Medany et. al. 2010 supposed cost effective real time tracking system that provides accurate
localizations of the tracked vehicle by using GPS and GPRS modules. By means of GPS receiver, proposed system has ability of tracking current position of the vehicle
in any specific time. They tested efficiency of the system in different areas on Kingdom of Bahrain using Google maps.
When it comes to exploring UKM campus, most of the time students and visitors are facing dif
ficulties in finding route to certain UKM‟s building, UKM campus information and latest activities held in UKM campus. They always solely
depends on UKM‟s main website ukm.my to search the information which sometimes take a lot of time when using smartphones and it always consume smartphone
batteries power when surfing through internet. Then, when it comes to taking the bus transportation in UKM, time and patience are of essence. In other words, many people
using UKM transport buses have experienced time loss because of waiting at the bus stops. So, there is needs to develop a solution that can resolve the problems arise when
exploring UKM.
1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
